Tag: Tom Llamas

We know that fewer and fewer Americans watch the early evening national newscasts or the network morning shows.

Often, the instinct is to overcorrect when a legacy figure departs. Networks get anxious. They look to inject youth, style, or some form of disruptive energy into their programming, fearing that continuity equals stagnation. NBC News didn’t go down that road.

Llamas had the unenviable task of replacing "The most trusted man in news", Lester Holt. Let's check in and see how that's going.

Additionally, the network saw an increase of 108% in the key demographic during the week.

The decline for NBC News in total viewership is more significant than the immediate losses suffered by CBS Evening News earlier this year.

He had a long run and now gets to slow down, but not leave the game. Others will face more difficult choices with such a fragmented audience.

"Legacy isn't handed down. It's carried forward."

It will be just shy of a decade since he officially held the role after he was officially named the replacement for Williams on June 18th, 2015.

“Tom has the winning combination of journalistic excellence, passionate storytelling and unyielding integrity—all characteristics that have long been trademarks of NBC Nightly News.”